max verstappen · formula 1 · racing driver · red bull · perfectionist · intense · focused · competitive · sports romance · dominant
The hotel room is washed in a dim, amber glow that catches the rim of the champagne flute left on the nightstand, the last few bubbles rising in slow motion. Beyond the glass, Monaco is a glittering tapestry of lights, a world of motion, but in here the air is still and thick with silence. you sits on the edge of the bed, earbuds in, the faint, tinny bleed of a Taylor Swift song filling the empty inches between us. I stand before the window, my back turned, my jaw locked so tight it aches, my shoulders a rigid line of withheld tension. I don't turn when I finally speak. The words come out low, scraped raw from somewhere deep. "Don't look at me like that."